THE CLASSIFICATION OF CROSS-STRATIFIED UNITS. WITH NOTES ON THEIR ORIGIN   总被引：5，自引：0，他引：5  

J. R. L. ALLEN 《Sedimentology》1963,2(2):93-114

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Mineralogy and Geochemistry of a Basanite to Phonolite Sequence at Hut Point Peninsula, Antarctica, based on Core from Dry Valley Drilling Project Drillholes 1, 2 and 3     

KYLE  PHILIP R. 《Journal of Petrology》1981,22(4):451-500

The Dry Valley Drilling Project (DVDP) cored three holes (DVDP1, 2 and 3) at Hut Point Peninsula (HPP) on Ross Island, Antarctica.DVDP 1 reached 201 m and penetrated 40 stratigraphic units,mainly basanite and Ne-hawaiite lava flows and associated pyroclasticrocks. DVDP 2 and 3 are nearly identical. DVDP 3 reached 381m and penetrated 15 stratigraphic units. The lower unit is a214 m thick basanite hyaloclastite, this is overlain by flowsand pyroclastic rocks of basanite, Ne-hawaiite, and then alternatingNe-mugearite and Ne-benmoreite flows. Phonolite stratigraphicallyoverlies the drill site. Primary olivine (Fo₈₈-Fo₇₄) is confined to the basanites, althoughxenocrysts occur in other rock types. Calcium-rich clinopyroxeneis ubiquitous but shows little variation in terms of Ca, Mg,Fe²⁺. Kaersutite is common in all lavas except the basanitesand shows very little compositional variation. It is believedto have crystallized at temperatures below 1100 °C and atpressures between 1·5 and 10 kb. Rhönite, a titanosilicateis a common groundmass phase in some basanite lavas. Oxide mineralsshow a wide range of compositions; spinel and chromian spineloccur as inclusions in olivine in the basanites. Titano-magnetiteoccurs in most samples examined. Labradorite is the predominantfeldspar in the basanite, with andesine and oligoclase importantin all other rock types. DVDP and HPP samples show a well-defined sequence of basanite-Ne-hawaiite-Ne-mugearite-Ne-benmoreite-phonolite,termed the DVDP lava lineage. Differentiation of the lineagehas been modeled using major element least squares mass balancemodels. Over 75 per cent of the evolution from basanite to phonoliteoccurs in the initial step from basanite to Ne-hawaiite, whichrepresents a 43 per cent residual. The phonolite is only a 25per cent residual from a basanite parent; thus even though Ne-mugeariteand Ne-benmoreite are common, they represent only minor stepsin the differentiation sequence. The mass balance models indicatethat olivine, clinopyroxene, kaersutite, opaque oxides and feldsparare the dominant fractionated phases. Trace element (includingrare earth element) contents calculated using the Rayleigh equationconfirm all models. ^* Present address: Department of Geoscience, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico 87801.  相似文献   

Large transverse bedforms and the character of boundary-layers in shallow-water environments     

J. R. L. ALLEN 《Sedimentology》1980,27(3):317-323

Theoretical work, laboratory studies, and field observations indicate that the oscillatory boundary layers generated by the tidal wave differ fundamentally in dynamics and kinematic structure from the unidirectional boundary layers of rivers. Unique to the former are mass-transport currents attributable to: (1) the wave motion itself, and (2) bed curvature in the presence of the oscillatory flow. The implication of this difference for bed-material transport is that the larger flow-transverse bedforms of shallow-water environments are divisible hydraulically between two major classes: (A) those related to tidal conditions, under which the fluid reverses in direction of flow with each reversal of the tide, permitting the initiation and maintenance of bed features by the spatially reversing, curvature-related mass transport, and (B) those related strictly to rivers and river-like flows, in which the fluid motion is unidirectional, and therefore the only mechanisms available for bedform initiation and maintenance are those creating a finite spatial lag between the transport rate and the bed waviness. Forms of Class B are best called dunes and bars, and only those attributable to Class A should be termed sand waves. The latter, restricted to oscillatory boundary layers of tidal origin, apparently correspond to the very much smaller; but also commonly symmetrical, ripple marks produced in wind-wave oscillatory boundary layers.  相似文献   

Palaeoecology and post-Weichselian shore-level changes on the coast of Møre, western Norway     

ULF HAFSTEN  PHILIP A. TALLANTIRE 《Boreas: An International Journal of Quaternary Research》1978,7(2):109-122

Pollen analysis, macrosubfossil determinations and radiocarbon datings from a 0.95 m thick peat deposit resting on sand and buried by a 1.3 m thick beach ridge at Haramsøy (an outer-arc island off the coast of Møre og Romsdal province), reveal changes in the local vegetation and in the groundwater level of the landward lagoon-like area. These are considered to reflect the relative shore-level changes between late Preboreal and early Atlantic times: an initial section with a high groundwater level reflecting the early Boreal high shore level, an intervening section with a low groundwater level, from the time of the Boreal regression minimum, and a final section, with a rising groundwater level, reflecting the late Boreal eustatic rise in sea level, which led to complete burial of the peat and the formation of an extensive Tapes beach ridge. Radiocarbon dates reveal that the basal sand (approx. 8 m above sea level) rose above sea level at approx. 9500 B. P. and that the top of the peat (approx. 9 m above sea level) was transgressed by the sea at approx. 7300 B. P. The spread of alder ( Alnus ) within the area may have been delayed by a thousand years compared with other regions in south Norway.  相似文献   

ON BED FORMS AND PALAEOCURRENTS     

J. R. L. ALLEN 《Sedimentology》1966,6(3):153-190

Bed forms arise by interaction between a fluid flow and the sediment transported over or close to the bed. The geometry of bed forms is two-dimensional or three-dimensional. Two-dimensional bed forms generate two-dimensional internal sedimentary structures and are adjusted to two-dimensional flow-vector fields. Three-dimensional bed forms generate three-dimensional internal sedimentary structures and are adjusted to three-dimensional flow-vector fields. Many shallow-water flow systems observable today are each characterised by flow-vector fields of unequal rank, and hence are hierarchically structured. Hierarchies of bed forms and internal structures which parallel the hierarchies of flow-vector fields can also be established in the case of these flow systems. A single type of bed form or internal structure from an hierarchically structured flow system cannot specify that system fully with regard to either its directional or flow-dynamic characteristics. An approach to palaeocurrent analysis that is more flexible and comprehensive than previously attempted may therefore be desirable.  相似文献   

A QUANTITATIVE MODEL OF CLIMBING RIPPLES AND THEIR CROSS-LAMINATED DEPOSITS   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

J. R. L. ALLEN 《Sedimentology》1970,14(1-2):5-26

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Climatic control on Quaternary fluvial sedimentology of a Fenland Basin river, England   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

REBECCA M. BRIANT  MARK D. BATEMAN†  G. RUSSELL COOPE‡  PHILIP L. GIBBARD 《Sedimentology》2005,52(6):1397-1423

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HABITAT ISLANDS AND THE PRESERVATION OF NEW ZEALAND'S AVIFAUNA*     

PHILIP R. PRYDE  CHRIS COCKLIN 《Geographical review》1998,88(1):86-113

ABSTRACT. Numerous avifauna species face extinction on New Zealand's two main islands, owing largely to forest clearance and to introduced mammals. In response, New Zealand selects certain offshore islands for the relocation of threatened native birds, first purging them of mammalian predators. Over the past few decades, this procedure has evolved to become fairly successful. Protected habitat “islands” within mainland forested areas are also being created, but with success less certain. As historic habitats are lost, small biopreservation islands may become a standard mechanism for protecting threatened species, a process that can be termed the “miniaturization” of nature.  相似文献   

Dissimilarities between the Scotian Slope and the Hecho Group     

PHILIP R. HILL 《Sedimentology》1985,32(3):456-457

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Shallow subsurface diagenesis of Pleistocene periplatform ooze: northern Bahamas   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

HENRY T. MULLINS  SHERWOOD W. WISE ANNE F. GARDULSKI  EDWARD J. HINCHEY  PHILIP M. MASTERS  D.I. SIEGEL 《Sedimentology》1985,32(4):473-494

Previous studies on early submarine diagenesis of periplatform carbonates have implied that these originally polymineralic (aragonite, magnesian calcite, calcite) sediments are susceptible to early diagenesis only in current-swept open seaways or where surficially exposed by erosion on the seafloor. It has also been proposed that while in the shallow subsurface, periplatform oozes retain their original mineralogy for at least 200,000–400,000 yr and remain unlithified for tens of millions of years. Evidence is reported here for extensive calcitization and selective lithification of periplatform oozes of late Pleistocene age in two piston cores collected from water depths of ～ 1,000 m north of Little Bahama Bank. It is shown that shallow (<30 m) subsurface diagenesis can significantly alter the original mineralogy of periplatform oozes to predominantly calcite in less than 440,000 yr, and that cementation by calcite can produce chalk-ooze sequences within the same time-frame. Periplatform oozes that originally contain a high percentage of bank-derived magnesian calcite appear to have a higher diagenetic potential than those originally low in magnesian calcite. Shallow subsurface calcitization and fithification greatly reduce the diagenetic potential of periplatform carbonates, and chalk-ooze sequences apparently can persist for tens of millions of years and to burial depths of at least 300 m. Shallow subsurface diagenesis, at water depths > 1,000 m, proceeds via dissolution of magnesian calcite and aragonite and reprecipitation of calcite as allochem fillings, exterior overgrowths and cement. It is speculated that density-driven ‘Kohout convection‘, where seawaters under-saturated with respect to magnesian calcite and aragonite and saturated/supersaturated with respect to calcite flow through the margins of carbonate platforms, is the primary driving mechanism for shallow subsurface diagenesis. Removal of Mg during early stages of deep seafloor and shallow subsurface diagenesis should increase the Mg content of interstitial waters which is likely to increase the ‘dolomitizing potential’ of Kohout convection fluid flow.  相似文献